Author: Gesi Lloyd

Jay-Z has finally answered the Coldplay complaint Kanye West put on wax almost two decades ago. On the seventh episode of his docuseries JAŸ-Z in 8, the 56-year-old told producer Rick Rubin that West’s 2007 song Big Brother made it sound like he had betrayed West by recording with Chris Martin. Jay’s side is simple. Martin was already his friend, and he was the one who introduced Martin to West in the first place. He called West’s reaction partly a case of entitlement and said no artist gets to treat another artist like private property. That is the headline. The…

Halle Berry’s 18 year old daughter, Nahla Aubry, has filed a sworn declaration defending her mother against allegations that the actress physically abused her 13 year old son, Maceo. The declaration was filed Oct. 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court, two days after Berry’s ex husband, Olivier Martinez, sought sole custody of their son. Nahla wrote that she has never seen her mother act violently toward anyone and called the allegations completely inconsistent with the mother she knows. Berry, 60, has denied the claims. A hearing is set for Oct. 16. What is Olivier Martinez accusing Halle Berry of? In…

President Donald Trump attacked the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday, Oct. 9, after it awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay instead of him. Speaking at a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump called the decision disgraceful and embarrassing, said it left a permanent stain on Norway and warned that the country would not be forgotten for it. Trump said he had never heard of Pillay, a former United Nations human rights chief and International Criminal Court judge. He argued the United States, represented by him, should have received the prize. What did Trump…

The Atlanta Dream are headed to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2013. They beat the New York Liberty 85 to 83 on Friday night, Oct. 9, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn to complete a three game sweep, with Angel Reese leading the way with 22 points. Atlanta will face the Golden State Valkyries, who swept the defending champion Las Vegas Aces later the same night. Game 1 is Saturday, Oct. 17, in San Francisco, and both franchises are chasing their first championship. How did the Dream finish off the Liberty? It looked easy early. Atlanta hit five…

Several stops on Usher and Chris Brown’s R&B Tour have been canceled, including shows at Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium on Oct. 24 and Columbia, South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium on Oct. 29. Ticketmaster told buyers Friday, Oct. 9, that the event organizer had to cancel, and refunds are on the way. No reason was given. The timing, though, has fans connecting the dots. Brown is scheduled to be sentenced in London on Oct. 26 after pleading guilty in a 2023 nightclub attack, and the canceled dates sit right around that court date. Which Usher and Chris Brown shows were canceled? The Cincinnati…

Kelsey Mitchell is an unrestricted free agent after the most productive season of her career, and the Indiana Fever’s biggest challenge in keeping her may have nothing to do with money. Mitchell scored a league record 1,086 points this season, but in her end of season interview she said playing for the Fever has been hard because of the abuse she and her teammates receive from fans tied to Caitlin Clark’s spotlight. Clark responded Thursday, Oct. 8, calling Mitchell a good soul and saying the Fever will recruit her as hard as they can. Mitchell, 30, has already said she…

A Washington County, Virginia, school bus carrying Abingdon High School’s football team home from a game was hit head on Friday night, Oct. 2, on Highway 91 in Johnson County, Tennessee. The driver of the other vehicle, 35-year-old Douglas McMillan of Tennessee, died at the scene, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Three student athletes and the bus driver were hospitalized with minor injuries, and everyone on board was checked out. The crash happened around 9:35 p.m., shortly after the Abingdon and Johnson County game ended. A preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol says McMillan’s 2013 Subaru Impreza crossed…

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were photographed holding hands Thursday, Oct. 1, as they walked into The Falkland Arms, a 16th century pub in the village of Great Tew, Oxfordshire. The photos, published by The Sun the next day, mark the couple’s first public outing together since moving their family back to the U.K. in late August. Meghan ordered gluten free beer battered haddock and chips with mushy peas, while Harry went with a chicken, ham and leek pie. That same Thursday, Meghan was posting pictures of her own. While the tabloid photos showed a couple heading to lunch, her…

LeBron James made his Philadelphia 76ers debut Saturday, Oct. 3, at the team’s Blue x White scrimmage at Xfinity Mobile Arena. At 41, he looked nothing like a man about to start a record 24th NBA season. In front of about 10,000 fans who paid $10 a ticket, Lebron threw down lob dunks, buried a deep step back 3 and whipped a behind the back pass that brought the building to its feet. Those highlights are what spread first. The part worth staying for came later, on the bench, and it says more about where James is in life than…

What happened in the Nolan Wells case? A Jackson County, Mississippi, grand jury decided not to charge anyone in the death of the 18-year-old college football player. It found that the condition and location of his body were consistent with drowning. Wells disappeared after a July 4 boat trip with friends to Horn Island off the Gulf Coast, and his body was recovered nearby two days later. The grand jury’s report was released late Sept. 21. Is the case over? Not quite. The state medical examiner and the family’s private pathologist both list the cause and manner of death as…